Ric Menello

Richard Ric Menello August 20 1952 March 1 2013 was an American filmmaker and screenwriter Menello codirected the landmark music video for the Beastie Boys 1987 single You Gotta Fight for Your Right To Party His contributions to music during the era led MTV to call him one of the most influential visionaries behind the emergence of commercial hiphop in the 1980s Menellos screenwriting credits include the 1988 RunDMC film Tougher Than Leather directed by Rick Rubin and two films cowritten with and directed by James Gray Two Lovers 2008 starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Joaquin Phoenix and The Immigrant 2013 starring Marion Cotillard and Joaquin Phoenix Description above from the Wikipedia article Ric Menello licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia